Winner: Emerging Interior Designer of the Year 2018. Spacon & X is a multidisciplinary design studio based in Copenhagen directed by Nikoline Dyrup Carlsen, Svend Jacob Pedersen, and Malene Hvidt.

Spacon & X aim to create better living and working environments in increasingly dense urban areas. The Danish studio's designs combine functionality, storytelling, visual identity and aesthetics through simple, honest, and clear materials and solutions.

Judges comments: "This studio addresses contemporary subjects in the design industry and beyond. Their designs are fun but not childish, and show a delightful use of colour."

Studio: Spacon & X
Winner of: Emerging interior designer of the year
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This special award is sponsored by Moroso.